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E. HOWELL.

Carriage-Curtain Fastening.

Patented Aug. 27, 18677.

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IMPROVEMENT IN GARBIAGE-GURTA' IN BUTTON.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWARD HOWELL, of Ashtabula, in the county of A'shtabula, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Buttons; and do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in which- I Figure l'is a front view of the button.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts in the diiferent views.

A, fig. 1. represents the carriage-curtain. B is the button, which consists of two plates attached to the curtain, plate C being placed on the back side and D on the front, a, point, 12,- extending through at each end of the plate D and overlapping the plate C, as shown in-fig. 2, thus fastening it securely to the curtain. From the front plate D project the ears a, of the shape shown in fig. 2. To these ears, at d, is pivoted the thumb-piece E, of the shape shown in the drawing. At theend of this thumb-piece is a cam, c, for a purpose hereafter shown. At the top of the front plate D is nrib, e, fig. 2. Y

The manner of fastening this curtain is as follows: The thumb-piece E is raised, as shown by the dotted lines in fig. 2, and the curtain placed between the ears and the front plate D; the thumb piece is then brought down, which presses the cam against the rib e, thus holding the curtain securely. I v

This button can be fastened to the body of the carriage, ifdesired, or two curtains can be fastened together, if desired.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cam c and thumb-piece E, pivoted to the cam, and arranged in relation to the rib d and curtain, suhstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDWD HOWELL.

Witnesses:

THEODORE HALL, L. S. SHERMAN. 

